Blouse
Huipil
85-2-67A
From: Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Huipil |
| Object Number | 85-2-67A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Sacatepequez | Department of Guatemala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Cofradia, white cotton tinted with lavender, three panels joined with randas, brocaded. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 60 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, lavendar cotton. Weft: 19 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, with multiple singles for striping effect. Warp faced plain weave. Supplementary weft - 2 faced. 3 panels with 4 selvedges each. Made on a backstrap loom. |
| Length | 104 cm |
| Width | 112 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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